Solved Is it ok to only have 500MB of free space?

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As the name suggests I want to know if having 500MB of free space is ok.
 

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500 mb of free space is getting fairly low. Once you get down below about 10% of the total HDD size the computer can become very slow.

It might be a good time to think about a new drive & definitely consider a SSD.
 

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Is it ok to only have 500MB of free space?
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No.

Generally you should have at least 10% disk space free and you must be well below that. At 500MB free there are quite a number of normal Windows functions that are in danger of failing with unpredictable results.
 

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No, it`s not ok.
 

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My Hard drive is only 20GB in size and I don't have much software installed
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected]3.00 GB DDR2 RamATI Mobility Radeon x1600
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HP Compaq nc8430
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected]
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3.00 GB DDR2 Ram
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ATI Mobility Radeon x1600
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Get a reasonably sized harddrive - e.g. 500GBs.
 

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I plan to get a 2TB portable hard drive so I can use my existing 500GB external hard drive in my laptop
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected]3.00 GB DDR2 RamATI Mobility Radeon x1600
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Compaq nc8430
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected]
Memory
3.00 GB DDR2 Ram
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon x1600
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Internet Speed
Download 4.17 Mbps Upload 0.50Mbps
Antivirus
virustotal.com
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Firefox
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